Garment-fastening loop and method



March 24, 1925.

G. M. HARSH GARMENT FASTENING LOOP AND METHOD Filed Sept. 6, 1924Patented Mar. 24, 19251.

GEORGE HARSH, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

GARMENT-FASTENING LOG]? AND METHOD.

pplica on .fi d S tembe To all whom it"mag concern:

lie it known that I, Gnoncn M. HAnsH, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing in vthe city of Baltimorastate of Maryland, haveinvented certain new and useful Improve] nents in Garn'1ent-l astenin gLoops and Methods, of which the following is a specification. l

In the manufacture of pajamas/and similar garments, the frogs orloopswhich ordinarily take the place of regular buttonholes,

are made ofa special knittedor woven braid particularly adapted for thispurpose, but noticeably different in appearance f -qmthe garment fabric,the braid which is used being particularly adapted to the formation ofa' loop which "will lie flat and not kink when laundered, the specialbraid being superior in this way to any loops heretofore madeof thegarment fabric; Loops "made of this special braid are considereddetrimental to the appearance of the highest quality garments, and thepresent invention relates tofa loop or plain 'woven' fabric which may beand preferably is like the fabric of which the body of the garment isconstructed, the scraps :left in cutting the garment being convenientlyutilized.

In the construction of such a loop, one of the difficulties encounteredconsists in the necessity for so constructing 'the loops or frogs thatthey can easily be laundered flat and will lie flat when laundered. Tothis .endgthe woven fabric, like that of which the body'of the garmentis constructed, is cut in strips, preferably on the bias, and each stripis foldedlongitudinally and sewed together as to the edges to formatube.

An important feature of the invention consists mam formationjof the tubewith a cord or similar tensionf inember enclosed therein, and extend ngalong one edge of the-tube, which tube as an essential of the usetowhich it is applied,is fiat,tl;ie.sewing orseam being atone edgeand thecord or -,tension member t Oth Bd fifthe fia .tube. To maintain thisarran ment,gpa1

.ticularlythe: placing thecord or tension member, the. edge portions ofthe material .are turnedin to a width slightly less than the widthof thetube and are caused to tion the eam: at theedge of stat te is formedwith their extreme edges bear ng ava n tth c rd and. heldiagi gi .p p

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to the seam. This. placing of the cord and the "arrangementof the edgesof the tube also applies a certain additional friction to the cord,tending to limit the freedom with which it slides through the tube, sothat when the cord is pulled relatively to the tube, the latter is bentor curved with the cord on the inner or short are of the curve, the tubestill tending to remain flat without kinking. lVhen thus bent or curvedby the application of tension to the cord, the tube isn ost easily andconveniently curved and bent in the torin ot the desired frog or loop,and when thus curvedor bent toform the loops orfrogs and sewed, theloops or frogs remain flat and are easily and conveniently launderedflat and retain this position su'bsequently in use. v

In the accompanying drawing I have lustrated a pajama loop or frogconstructed in accordance Wlth my lnvention 1n two forins and thevarious stages of manufacturing the same in accordance with myinvention.

In the drawi ng.

, Figure l is an enlarged perspective viewof a short section of fabrictubing with the herd arranged and constructed in accordance with myinvention and shown on a somewhat enlarged scale. Figure'Q is a plan ofa longer section of tubing, actual size. 1 v

Figure 3 shows the tubing and cord. when t le cord hasbeen drawn, tocurve or how ,the tubing.

Figure ft is a plan of a loop or frog con- .one form; and

Figure 5 is a plan "of a loop or frog of structed in accordance withmyinvention in a little different form or pattern also made inaccordance with myinvention. Referrmg to the drawings by numerals, thetubing or tape 1 of which the pajama loops 2 and-3 ,or the like aremgadeyconsists of a strip ofthe fabric of which the garment "is niade,preferablycutlon the bias, as shown in Figure 1, and measuring inwidth alittle less than four times the width of the finished tube whenflattened, and a cord or other ten- ;sion member 4 placed and-securedin'cne edge of thetube as herelnafter described. bear againstthe cord,and are sewed n poslcreases Tend 8, and the entire stripisfolded overabout its centre, turning the edges 5 and 6 inwardly and enclosing thecord 4 which is held in the'side of the tubing remote from the folds 7,S by the side edges 5 and 6 which bear against the cord. The tube isthen completed by stitching the ma terial along the creases 7, 8 on theside remote from the cord, forming a seam 9, thus bringing the creasedportions together by sewing through the four thicknesses of thematerial. This operation may, if desired, be performed by means ofasimple type of folder which turns the edge portions 5 and 6 inwardly,forming the creases 7 and 8, and turns the material at 10 about thecord, bringingthe creases together and the edges 5 and6 into contactwith the cord, and presents the material thus folded to the sewingmachine for the formation of the seam 9 practically in a singleoperation.

The next step of the process consists in cutting the tubes and cord intolengths each suitable to the formation of a frog and pulling or drawingthe cord 9 relatively to the end ll'of thetubing, from, which itprotrudes, forming the material into i a bow, which operation, asillustrated in Figure 3, may be accomplished without kinking orpuckering or otherwise defacing the tubing which on account of themanner of construction and the placing of thecord therein, remains flatin the plane of curvature, i. e., in the plane of the loop. 7 i

The next step consists in curling the material thus bowed as in Figure3, to form the loops-or frogs 2, 3, shown in Figures t and 5. This iseasily accomplished with the bowed material, curling the same in thedirection of the already existing curve, forming a frog or loop which isflat in the first instance and launders flat and remains flat withoutdifficulty.

The frogs or loops may be thus produced of the same material as that ofthe body of the garment. So made they are inconspicuous, unnoticeableand desirable for the higher quality garment, giving the garment auniformity of color and shade which is most attractive. r

I have thus described specifically and in detail a piece of fabrictubing and a pajama loop or frog made in accordance with my inventionfroin the said tubing, and V the method of making tubing and frogs forpajama fastenings and the like in accordance with my invention, thedescription being specific and in detail in order that the nature andoperation of the same may be clearly understood; however, the specificterms herein are used descriptively rather than in a limiting sense, thescope of the invention being defined in the claims.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: Y i

1. The method of making pajama loops and the like which consists infolding a strip of fabric about a tension member, placing the tensionmember in one edge of the tube, sewing to form a flattened tape, drawingthe tension member to bow the tape in the plane Y of its flat surface,and forming a loop of the tape thus bowed by curling the tape and sewingthe ends and overlapping portions together. y p

2. The method of making tape for garment fastenings of woven fabric andcord, which consists in forming a strip of fabric, folding the sameabout a cord, turning the edges in and causing them to bear, against thecord, and creasing the fabric at the turn, bringing the creases togetherand sewing the fabric longitudinally adjacent the creases.

3. The method of making loops for garment fastenings, which consists informing a strip of fabric, folding the same about a cord, the fold andthe cord running'longitudinally of the strip, turningthe edges in andcausing them to bear again the cord, sewing the folds of the fabricformed by turning in the edges, together longitudinally, and curlingthetape thus constructed to'form loops.

4. The method of makingloops for garment fastenings of woven fabric anda tension member which consists in forming a strip of fabric, foldingthesame'about the tension member, turning the edges in and causing themtobear against the tension member, sewing the'fabric longitudinallythrough the four thicknesses including the turned in'portions, pullingthe cord to bow the tubing, curling it and sewing the contactingportions to form loops. s

5. A garment fastening in the form of a loop consisting of atube offabricthe tube being flatin the plane ofthe loop and having a separatetensionv member inside the tube extending longitudinally of the tubeitlld following the inside of the curve of the oop. t v 6. Agarmentfastening in the form of a loop consistingof a tube of fabric thetube being fiat in the plane of the loop and having a cordinside thetube extending longitudinally of thetube and following the in sideof thecurve of the loop, the fabric being cut on the bias so that the warp andweft extend at acute angles to thelength of thetube. i n I,

7. The method of making a loop for a gar I ment fastening from fabricvand a tension member which consists in cutting a strip of fabric on thebias, folding the strip about the tension member with the threads at anacute angle to-the direction of the tension member, sewing'the fabric,pulling the tension member to curve the strip, curling the strip to formloops and fastening at the intersections. r Y 7 18.. The; method ofmaking a for, a garment fastening from fabric an a tenmenses offabrie 0nthe bias, folding the strip about the tension member with. the threadsat an acute angle to the direction of the tension member, turning theeclges of the fabric in toward the tension member, sewing the fabricthrough the four thicknesses of the fabrio thus formed, pulling thetension memher to curve the strip, curling the strip to form loops andfastening at the intersee- 10 tions. V

Signed by me at Baltimore, Maryland, this 2nd day of September, 1924.

V GEORGE M. HARSH. Witnesses: i

H. NAOMI BAUMANN, ROBERT COLE.

